Samsung is rolling out the biggest update of Android, the Android 5.0 Lollipop to its mainstream devices slowly. Android 5.0 Lollipop update hit the Galaxy S5 in the Galaxy lineup first of all. The update carried some major changes including the new UI. Samsung revamped TouchWiz according to Google’s new Material Design. New features like notifications on the lock screen, multi-user and guest modes made their way to the device. A number of other improvements are there that the users may come across upon getting this update.

Android 5.0 Lollipop sure is the cool-most Android update yet and many users would love to get it right away, but it takes a lot of time for manufacturers to compile up new software, and then it takes long enough for carriers to roll out the update for their variants. Samsung rolled out the update for S5 months ago, and it took a while for Verizon to cook the all new Android Lollipop for its Galaxy S5 G900V. Its been a month since the update is out for the Verizon users now, but many of the users may have not updated their device yet due to certain reasons. If you haven’t received this update, or you haven’t updated the device just because of the fear of loosing root, you may have the solution right now.

We are going to flash the official update OTA file to update the Verizon Galaxy S5 G900V to stock Android 5.0 Lollipop. If you’re an Android enthusiast who would love to unleash the real power of Android Lollipop, you may use the second method that will help you to flash pre-rooted Android 5.0 Lollipop on your G900V. This guide will also help you to enable Native (WiFi) Tethering/Hotspot on your Verizon Galaxy S5 G900V running Android 5.0Lollipop.

Let’s begin with the method now.

Early Preparations:

This guide is intended for Verizon Galaxy S5 G900V owners only.

Your device’s battery should be charged at least over 50% to avoid power issues during the flashing process.

Do not forget to backup EFS of your Verizon Galaxy S5. We also recommend backing up Nandroid if you’ve flashed a custom recovery on your device.

Non of these methods will void the warranty of your phone or trip the Knox counter. Follow the instructions carefully, and make sure that you do everything on your own responsibility. In case a mishap occurs, we or the device manufacturers may not be held responsible.

For using this method, your device must be running pure stock Android 5.0 Lollipop firmware with the build number VRU1BOA8. This guide will only help you to flash the latest available Android 5.0 update with the build number VRU1BOC4 on your Verizon Galaxy S5 G900V. The second method will help you to update your device to Android 5.0 Lollipop from any lower version of Android.

This method will help you to install pre-rooted Android 5.0 Lollipop OC6 update on your Verizon Galaxy S5. You can update your device from whatever firmware you are running previously, but you need to have your device rooted prior to flash this firmware. This method will not trip your knox counter and your warranty won’t be void.

If your device is currently running Android 4.4.2 KitKat, you can root it using TowelRoot.

If your device is currently running Android 5.0 Lollipop OC4 firmware, you need to flash a different firmware and root it. After that you can update it using the method listed below.

Select the “Flash OTA or Zip” option and select the TetherAddOn.zip file. FlashFire will scan the file.

Do not touch any other options in FlashFire and tap the lightening button now.

Wait for a while till FlashFire flashes the file and reboots your device.

You can now enable WiFi hotspot on your Verizon Galaxy S5. That’s all.

That’s all with this guide. If you face any kind of issues following any of the methods listed above, make sure that you reach us out through the comment box below. We will try our best to help you out. Thank you.